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Syrian Arms Talk Likely to Rile West

21 August 2008

By Anna Smolchenko

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad might be hoping to capitalize on Moscow’s current diplomatic isolation to expand military cooperation with Russia as he meets with President Dmitry Medvedev in Sochi on Thursday.

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